The Peshmerga (Kurdish: پێشمەرگه Pêşmerge, transl. 'Those Who Face Death') comprise the standing military of Kurdistan Region, an autonomous political...

The Peshmerga Roj, also known as Rojava Peshmerga, are the military wing of the Kurdish National Council and KRG in Syria. They are pro-KDP and take orders...

Peshmerga is a documentary film by the French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy. It was granted a late entry to the 2016 Cannes Film Festival as a special...

The Peshmerga have historically been Kurdish guerrilla forces combating the ruling power in the region of what is now Iraqi Kurdistan. Under Mahmud Barzanji...

engagement during the Kurdish-Iranian Conflict of 1947. In this battle, the Peshmerga forces effectively utilized their artillery, resulting in heavy casualties...

independence referendum in 2017, as well as the subsequent defeat of the Peshmerga at the hands of the Iraqi armed forces in the 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict...

role in the newly created military force of the Mahabad Republic – the Peshmerga. With Barzani's support secured, along with some 60 tribal Kurdish leaders...

in the Kurdistan Region's military force in Iraq, called the Kurdish Peshmerga. Barzani is the managing director of Korek Telecom, a mobile phone operator...

Peshmerga Hawler Sport Club (Kurdish: یانەی وەرزشی پێشمەرگەی هەولێر; Arabic: نادي بيشمركة أربيل الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Erbil, that...

government retook disputed territories in Iraq which had been held by the Peshmerga since ISIL's Northern Iraq offensive in 2014. The conflict began on 15...

born in Duhok in 1966 to Kurdish family from Zahko. Prior to joining the Peshmerga, a Kurdish resistance movement that opposed the Ba'athist government,...

(October 22, 2023) were a series of armed clashes which began between Peshmerga and the Iraqi army in the Kurdish majority town of Makhmour and its surrounding...

Supreme Political Council of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), veteran Peshmerga military leader, former Prime Minister, and former Vice President of the...

Peshmerga entered the city and ousted government forces. The Peshmerga were joined by local civilians, who took the streets and helped the Peshmerga launch...

the Levant. Although some 35,000 Kurdish Peshmerga were incorporated into the Iraqi Armed Forces, most Peshmerga forces operated under the command of the...

PKK's primary method is using guerrilla warfare against the Peshmerga. The PKK and the Peshmerga, both the KDP and PUK wings, have fought against each other...

however, KNC politicians also said that the PYD should allow the Rojava Peshmerga into the city to protect the Kurdish population and that, at best, the...

of the Republic of Mahabad when the Iranian army attacked the Kurdish Peshmerga but faced defeat. This engagement marked the first victory for the Republic...

lose its matches, and eventually relegated to the Iraq Division One. Peshmerga fans consider their main rivals to be Sulaymaniya. As of 30 May 2024 Note:...

The Sinjar offensive was a combination of operations of Kurdish Peshmerga, PKK and People's Protection Units forces in December 2014, to recapture regions...

all-women offshoot, the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ), and the formerly Peshmerga-aligned HPŞ, in October 2015 it founded the all-Yazidi joint command umbrella...

commander of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces during the First Iraqi–Kurdish War. Originally a hospital worker, Shello joined the Peshmerga at the age of 20 in...

Armed Forces retreated from most of the disputed territories. The KRI's Peshmerga then entered and took control of them for the duration of the War in Iraq...

control of the Kurdish Ministry of the Interior but are a part of the Peshmerga (armed forces), and provide security for government and industrial property...

Kuwait by 18 February. The coalition forces also received support from the Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to U.S. President George W. Bush and UK...

2021, clashes occurred between Peshmerga and PKK resulting in the deaths of 5 Peshmerga. On 8 June 2021, 2 Peshmerga were kidnapped by PKK while another...

after it was negotiated that he would register with the KRG's Ministry of Peshmerga. He has been quoted as saying “We fight only for Yazidis, not for any...

(1988–1989) Non-state opponents:  Islamic State Hezbollah (sometimes) Peshmerga YPG Southern Movement Southern Transitional Council Battles and wars  ...

November Sinjar offensive was a combination of operations of Kurdish Peshmerga, PKK, and Yezidi Kurd militias in November 2015, to recapture the city...

Force, Eurocorps and EU Battlegroups. As of 2016, Turkey has assisted Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq and the Somali Armed Forces with security and...